libraryrunner - Foundersandtraitors

external image photo_hicksDeclaration.jpg

Declaration of Independence
Edward Hicks
Bucks Co., Pennsylvania
1840-1845

Project Resources
Books
(Remember those?)

Click above for the OPAC

Databases/Online Subscription Sources
American History Online
username - avon
password - worth
Online database includes information on those involved in the Revolution as well as primary sources.

World Book Online
username - avon
password - worth
No fuss, no muss online encyclopedia.

Websites

http://www.history.org/
The official site of Colonial Williamsburg.

http://www.ouramericanrevolution.org/
Site sponsored by Colonial Williamsburg includes information on the events leading to the Revolution, the people of the Revolution as well as exhibits portraying everyday life during the time period.

http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary.cfm
The Colonial Williamsburg research site. Great place for primary documents of the time period.

http://research.history.org/pf/index.cfm
Follow the progression on the road to revolution. Timeline of events features links to primary documents of the period.

The Coming of the American Revolution 1764 -1776

Britain defeated France in the French and Indian War but was left with an enormous debt. The British Parliament decided the American colonists should be the ones to pay and passed the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, and the Townshend Acts. Colonists reacted violently to these taxes and the Sons of Liberty led the way in resisting these acts while keeping peace in their communities. In the midst of an economic depression, colonists boycotted British goods and the shops that sold them. Learn about the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, and other events leading up to the Revolutionary War.

John Wilkes sites
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/In%20praise%20of%20John%20Wilkes:%20how%20a%20filthy,%20philandering%20dead-beat%20helped...-a0147215743

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRwilkes.htm

Eliza Pinckney sites
http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/pinckney.html

http://indigobluesc.com/2010/06/25/notable-south-carolinians-eliza-lucas-pinckney/

James Chalmers sites
http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/fall96/loyalists.html

http://alphahistory.com/americanrevolution/plain-truth-1776/

Ebenezer Macintosh sites
http://boston1775.blogspot.com/2011/11/ebenezer-mackintosh-captain-of-south.html

http://books.google.com/books?id=tMlbrI2sFn8C&pg=PA141&lpg=PA141&dq=ebenezer+mackintosh&source=bl&ots=FvlXv78KR6&sig=loSB0CcbOUvq0ADPulrYaZXufQw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zKWDUpyGFI2ukAeczYHICg&sqi=2&ved=0CEsQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=ebenezer%20mackintosh&f=false

Lord North sites
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/biographies/lord-north/

http://www.britainexpress.com/History/Lord-North-and-the-American-Revolution.htm

Abigail Adams
http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=2

http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/aadams.htm

Mercy Otis Warren:

http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/mowarren.htm

http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/creating-new-government/essays/righteous-revolution-mercy-otis-warren

John Murray (Lord Dunmore's War):

http://www.blackloyalist.info/john-murray-lord-dunmore/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2h47.html

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Lord_Dunmore's_War_and_the_Battle_of_Point_Pleasant?rec=514

Quakers:

http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/history/20018/our_first_friends,_the_early_quakers/924490

http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/quaker.htm

http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/makingrev/rebellion/text5/text5read.htm

Iroquois:

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ss5/b/natamrevwarl.cfm

http://nativeheritageproject.com/2012/03/09/indians-in-the-revolutionary-war-choosing-sides/

Loyalists:

http://www.ushistory.org/us/13c.asp

http://www.royalprovincial.com/military/black/black.htm

Colonies:

http://www.ushistory.org/us/

Puritans:

http://www.ushistory.org/us/3d.asp

http://public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/purdef.htm

Marquis Lafayette:

http://www.revolutionary-war.net/marquis-de-lafayette.html

http://www.history.org/Almanack/people/bios/biolafayette.cfm

Olaudah Equiano:

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Sequiano.htm

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/slavery/middle_passage/olaudah_equiano.aspx

Thomas Paine (Common Sense):

http://www.ushistory.org/us/10f.asp

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/popup_paine.html

http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1776-1785/thomas-paine-common-sense/

Philadelphia Militia: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/revolutionary_war_militia_overview/

Click on the picture to zoom in on the Dunlap Broadside of the Declaration of Independence!

Can't get to Colonial Williamsburg? Never fear! Check out the EMuseum for online highlights of exhibits! Find some great political prints here too! Try searching for Carington Bowles or Philip Dawe.

Looking for a Political picture from the time? Check out these from the Colonial Williamsburg Collection.

Think we invented the idea of rebellion? Think again! We come from a long line of revolutionaries, just take a listen to this podcast to learn more!

RADCAB Keynote Presentation

Bibliography Resources

Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab)

Purdue OWL MLA Style Guide

Easy Bib

Bibme

MLA Resources
General MLA Format
How to Cite a Tweet

**Works Cited Page**

In-Text Citations: the Basics

Additional Resources for using MLA Style Citations
Abbreviations used in MLA Style Format
Example of a completed MLA Style Works Cited Page
From The OWL at Purdue, an Online Writing Lab created and maintained by the English department at Purdue University

From the MLA: Modern Language Association

Earliest Known Fragment of the Declaration of Independence

Fragment of the earliest known draft of the Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson in June 1776
Check out more primary documents here: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/declara4.html